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Evolve to Open(EVO) Industry Day

20 July 2017

Celtic Manor

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Purpose of the day

This is the second of a series of General Dynamics supply chain engagements for the

EvO Transition Partner (TP) contract. Its purpose is:

• Introduce the General Dynamics UK EvO team

• Engage with the supply chain

• Outline opportunities from within the General Dynamics UK EvO work scope

• Provide visibility and access routes to future General Dynamics-led competitions

• This is not part of the broader MORPHEUS Supply Chain Industry engagement coordinated

by MoD

General Dynamics UK welcomes the industry, suppliers and Small/Medium Enterprises


Welcome and outcomes for the day Craig Jansen - EvO Transition Partner Programme Director


Welcome and outcomes for the day

As the MoD’s Evolve to Open (EvO) Transition Partner, General Dynamics

is:

– Delivering the next generation of Tactical Communication and Information Systems (TacCIS)

capability after BCIP 5.6.

– Delivering a DaaP compliant MORPHEUS and EvO architecture that is Open, Interoperable,

Vendor Independent and Evergreen

– Helping to transition the MOD to be a Quasi-Prime and Coordinating Design Authority

Our EvO Development and Procurement strategy

– Capability and Outcome driven Acceptance with continual Assurance

– Committed to EvO Team Values including our extended Industry team members

– Agile at Scale

• Strong Agile governance and adherence to Agile principles

• Nothing beats an Agile Team

– EvO and MORPHEUS will be stronger by engaging partner Agile development teams with best

of breed domain and product expertise

– Transparent competition for hardware and software items


Industry engagement on EvO Richard Thomas - Head of Supply Chain


Industry engagement on EvO

• Our approach:

– Embedding external experts into General Dynamics technical teams

– Outsourcing of specific work packages

– Implementing Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe® 4.0)

– Procurement of best in class manufacturing capability, technology and materials

– Continuous collaboration with industry ensuring an efficient information flow

supporting the programme

– Promote innovation within the Supply Chain throughout the programme lifecycle

– Utilise dual / multi sourcing to enable security of supply where appropriate

– Establish and maintain competitive and sustainable relationships with the

Supply Chain throughout the programme lifecycle

– Ensure all mandatory legislation and compliance requirements are understood

The approach taken by General Dynamics to ensure best value for money in the EvO programme


EvO Supply Chain Approach

• Reasons for this approach:

– Continue to sustain and grow the TacCIS capability within the UK

– Further develop the understanding and the potential of the supply chain

– Ensure innovation is promoted throughout the process

– Open the competition to enable Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) companies

to compete for opportunities

– Utilise best in class subject matter experts and cross-sector expertise

– Ensure that Value for Money is delivered through competition

The approach taken by General Dynamics to ensure best value for money in the EvO project


EvO Potential Supplier Opportunities

• Below is a non exhaustive list of work packages which will be considered for competition in the

market

Work Packages which will be offered to the market through competition

Category Examples Expected Competition

dates

Contract Manufacturing Circuit Card assemblies, Cable

Harnesses, metal enclosures,

metalwork fabrication

Q4 2016-

Q1 2018

Technical Services Safety & security engineering support,

Systems engineering, Architecture

and Design support

Q3 2017

Software development Delivery of coding work packages,

Bespoke development of specialist &

COTS software components

Q3 2017

Support services Integrated Logistics Support design,

Training package delivery

Q4 2017

Training development Training Package Development, Train

the trainer, CBT

Q1 2018


• Supplier registration portal to collect basic capabilities and details of

potential Suppliers.

• General Dynamics conduct analysis of registrations and carryout

segmentation/ categorisation process.

• Communication bulletins will be issued regularly on both a generic and

specific level containing programme updates and upcoming competition

alerts.

• Suppliers will be invited to participate in competitions relevant to their

capabilities through PQQ…RFI…RFQ…

• Identified General Dynamics POCs will be available to manage open

communications (Q&A forum) throughout the tender process.

Channels of engagement Process of establishing channels of engagement with General Dynamics


Next Steps

• Engagement opportunities today

– Subject matter experts, per table configuration on following slide, will be

available for brief one to one sessions to clarify any questions

– Supply Chain representatives will be available to respond to any questions

regarding becoming a supplier and doing business with General Dynamics

• Engagement going forward within EvO

– All registered companies will begin to receive regular updates of General

Dynamics progression in industry engagement, competition and programme

progress.

– Specific communications will be targeted towards companies who are

registered and have displayed capabilities in relevant areas

– General Dynamics will inform also of up coming events relating to topic specific

innovation forums and further industry days with defined technical subject

matter.

What happens next – today, tomorrow and in the future

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Conflict of Interest

Peter Davies – Director Commercial & Export

Compliance


• As the Transition Partner for EvO, General Dynamics will have access to

information which could provide an unfair advantage in pursuing competitive

MORPHEUS opportunities.

• General Dynamics has committed to MoD that it will behave ethically and

ensure privileged information gained through sole source work on EvO is not

available directly to the General Dynamics team that is pursuing competitive

business.

• Under the Terms of the EvO Contract we have had to provide a Conflict of

Interest (Conflict of Interest) Regime detailing the constraints and regulations

to be applied.

Background



• The EvO team, irrespective of location, is not to share or discuss EvO

privileged information with those pursuing any competitive opportunity.

• The MORPHEUS team pursuing the competitive opportunity is not to seek

EvO privileged information or seek to influence the EvO design.

• Data storage, both Printed and Electronic Form is to be separated and access

controlled between the EvO team and those pursuing the competitive

opportunity.

• Teams are to physically separated.

• Individuals working on the EvO Contract may be precluded from working on a

MORPHEUS competitive opportunity as determined by MoD.

• Wider industry players who wish to work on any aspect of the EvO Contract,

will be required to adhere to the terms of the Conflict of Interest Regime.

Implementation - General Dynamics



• Dependent on Scope of Supply

– COTS/Standard Catalogue products – no Conflict of Interest constraints

– Development of bespoke products, under direct contract to General Dynamics

as part of the EvO contract - Conflict of Interest constraints similar to those

described for General Dynamics will form part of the Sub-contract terms and

conditions

– Provision of Labour for EvO, either on a manpower substitution or on a work

package basis, under direct contract to General Dynamics – Conflict of Interest

constraints similar to those described for General Dynamics will form part of the

Sub-contract terms and conditions.

– Development of products, or provision of labour under direct contract to MoD,

Conflict of Interest constraints will be as required by MoD, dependent on the

nature of the goods/services to be supplied.

Implementation - Industry


EvO Overview

Andy Oliver – EvO Deputy Chief Engineer


MORPHEUS Evolve to Open (EvO)

• MORPHEUS is the UK MoD’s next generation Land Environment Tactical

Communication & Info System (LETacCIS)

• EvO will be the initial baseline of MORPHEUS:

– Evolution of the legacy Bowman system

– Builds on the Bowman ‘Brownfield site’ to provide an open system

– Architecture based on General Dynamics ‘Vertex’ open TacCIS architecture

• Architecture will be delivered and owned by MoD over the course of EvO execution

• Evo enables:

– Early fielding of initial MORPHEUS capability

– Maximum re-use of legacy equipment & COTS / MOTS


MORPHEUS Architecture

• Logical architecture under development for MoD under EvO

• Includes elements of

• MORPHEUS target architecture

• EvO System (realisation)

• Legacy BCIP components (Evolving the current system)

• GFE

• General Dynamics Core products

• Procured items by MoD

• Procured items by General Dynamics

TAF Contact:

Chris Sabourin | TAF Lead

MORPHEUS | BATCIS | Mail Point #3008

Ash Level 0 |MOD Abbey Wood | Bristol | BS34 8JH

07729882679 | [email protected]


tel:07729882679

mailto:[email protected]

MORPHEUS on a page


EvO solution overview

Evolving BCIP to provide an open basis for MoD to achieve Evolutionary Capability Delivery (ECD)


EVO Schedule

Agile Design & Development Manufacture & Fielding


EvO Agile Development

EvO

Value Stream

UK Product ART MPPS ART Conductor ART

Suppliers

1 2 12 15 12 weeks 12 weeks

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Week 11 Week 12

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Pre

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Post-

PI PI Plan

• Feature complete plan by 36 Months – 12 programme increments

• Integration roadmap of features into the Solution drives development and procurement


Contract Manufacturing

Julian Gould – Project Manager MPPS



• What is being Manufactured?

o The Modular Platform Processing System (MPPS) is made up of the following Units:

Areas of Interest

Planned

Procured

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• Manufacturing Plan

o Final assembly and unit level testing to be conducted in General Dynamics Hastings facility

o Sourcing of PWB from contract manufacturers and key sub-assemblies

o CM to supply tested PWB and sub-assemblies

o PWB to be of IPC-A-610 class 2, build workmanship to be IPC-A-610 class 3

o ROHS compliant (Lead Free) and typical PWB material is FR4 and up to 18 layers

o All external surfaces to be NBC wash resistant

o TP contract requires lab grade cables & MoD engaging supply of final cables


Areas of Interest

Unit Design

Phase Qtys

Production

Qtys *

Areas of Opportunity

TCS-300 490 22,611

CCAs – Already under contract

FPA – covered on next slides

Casting / Metalwork

TMR-304 278 6,775 CCAs – Already under contract

Casting / Metalwork

TMR-314 137 528 CCAs – Already under contract

Casting / Metalwork

VPU 40 808 CCAs - Unknown content at this time.

Casting / Metalwork

TLA 210 5,967 CCAs – Already under contract expect x1 (TREC)

Casting / Metalwork

SAAD 228 4,288 Covered on later slides - planned procured item

* Production quantities are for information only.

Due to the long term timescales these opportunities

will be discussed at a future date.


• What are we looking for right now?

o Front Panel Assemblies for the TCS-300 Unit.

o Quantity = 336 during Design & Development Phase.

o Potential follow on Production order of 22,611 Units.

Areas of Interest



Areas of Interest

• When is it required by? o Initial Pre-Production Models (PPMs) are due end of January 2018 (Qty 9).

o Remaining PPMs delivered between February and May 2018 (Qty 81).

o Qualification Test Models (QTMs) are to be delivered between April 2018 and April 2019 (Qty 246)

2017 2018 2019

J A S O N D J F M A M J J A S O N D J F M A M J

PPM Production

Initial Qty 9

EvO

Industry Day

Supplier Visits and Assessments

RFI’s and RFP’s

Down

Selection

PPM Production

Qty 81

QTM Production

Qty 246

• What are the (next) steps we will be taking to do the procurement?

o We will shortly be sending out RFI’s to all interested parties then following with RFQ’s.

o During August and September 2017 we will carry out Supplier visits and assessments.

o Final down selection will be carried out in October 2017.


Architectural Studies

Keith Brown – EvO Solution Engineering


Architectural Studies

• As part of EvO, General Dynamics is contracted to develop the MORPHEUS

Architecture

• Trade study white papers are required to compare alternative solutions to

incorporate future (post EvO) capability into the architecture

• General Dynamics is seeking Supplier support in conducting some of these Studies

• Potential partners should have previous experience/track record/knowledge in

relation to a specific Study area

• Offers an opportunity to shape the MORPHEUS vision

• Outline of Expected Process

• General Dynamics provide the scope and context of the Study including all

relevant MORPHEUS Architecture considerations

• Supplier drafts an initial assessment of options, working in close liaison with the

General Dynamics Architecture Team

• Regular (min: Weekly) review assumed to maintain coherence with the

architecture

• Supplier incorporates General Dynamics feedback into final revision

• Final draft reviewed and influences the final MADS and Model


Architectural Trade Studies

Study Area Study

Networking

Wireless LAN

SatCom Terminal integration

TRINITY integration

Security

Information-centric multi-domain security

Secure tunnelling and reverse tunnelling

Tactical cross-domain voice and data guard (including crypto

interoperability gateway)

Integration with Enterprise Key Management

NSOIT (D)

Integration

Shared IDAM

G-Cloud integration

Apps and Hosting ISS app-deployment model

DSA integration DSA architecture

Other Integration

R-GNSS integration architecture

ECM integration architecture

Modular RF Design study

Currently Identified Studies Required


Procured Items


Procured Items Procured Items Notes

Mission Recorder Unit See following slides

Simple Audio Ancillary Device See following slides

Smart Display Unit See following slides

Calendar Application Procure

Email Application Procure

Optical Character Recognition Application Procure

File Compression Procure

Unified Communications Application Procure

Multimedia Authoring Application Procure

Voice to Text App Procure

Authentication Service Procure

Operating Environment Procure

Enterprise Collaboration Working Service Procure

Malicious Code Protection Procure

Intrusion Detection Service Procure

Multimedia Application Server/Multimedia Management Service Procure

Virtual Environment - MSDN Procure

Session Border Controller Procure

Print/Scan/Copy Requires specification

Analogue Telephone Gateway Requires specification


Procured Hardware Roadmap

1. Mission Recorder Unit

2. Simple Audio Ancillary Device

3. Smart Display Unit

4. HP Printer/Scanner

5. Analog Telephone Gateway

Mar

2017

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb

2018 2019

CA 31/3

Smart

Display

Unit

Mission

Recorder

Unit

EvO M/S

Tech Spec

Dev.

PI3 PI4 PI5 PI6

Tech Spec

Dev.

PI7

Product Required for EvO

Product Required for

EvO

Analog

Tele

Gateway

HP

Print/Scan/

Copy

Tech Spec

Dev.

Tech Spec Development

Audio

Ancillary

Device

Product Required for EvO


EvO


EvO

Tech Spec Development

Supplier

Engagement Elaboration of

Requirements


Mission Recorder Unit

• Ruggedised Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solution suitable for installation

within both wheeled and tracked vehicles

• Will need to include UK accredited Data-at-Rest encryption solution

• Modular memory to allow for expansion

• Typical back-up storage capacity from 150GB/user to upwards of 1TB/user

• Support to record and replay multiple DEF-STAN 00-82 video streams with

associated metadata

• Computer Processing and storage

• Voice processing, recording and replay, from user voice service devices on the

platform

• Store log records of all voice services

• Record and store all chat messages

High Level Requirements


Procured Ancillary

• EvO voice services (Intercom, Radio access, Telephony/Conferencing)

– provided by legacy devices and the Tactical Crew Station (TCS):

• General Dynamics evaluating software based voice clients as part of EvO

– Some voice services delivered as part of a Software based application running on a vehicle mounted computer/display

– An audio ancillary will be required

– General Dynamics seeking inputs from Industry on how this ancillary could be provided

Simple Audio Ancillary Device (SAAD)


Smart Display Unit

• Vehicle Mounted Computing Hardware to host the EvO Common

Operating Environment and User Applications, including video control and

management

• Support GVA requirements on Dual GigEth connectivity for LAN and VoE

inputs to receive video messages or streaming videos from vehicle

sensors/sources

• DEF STAN 23-09 GVA compliant bezel layout

• Video display and decoding of DEF-STAN 00-82 complaint video VoE

streams

• USB interface for access control devices

• GVA compliant power interface

High Level Requirements


Information Management

Nicola Hodgson Information Management and

Common Operating Environment Lead


Information Management Overview

• Information Management enables the sharing of data between applications, storage

of data such that it can be consistently searched and retrieved, and effective data

management and administration.

• Information Management forms a core part of the EvO solution, key functionality

includes:

– Storage and retrieval of structured information - format defined by the Land Data

Model (LDM)

– Data distribution across the tactical internet

– Publish / Subscribe Messaging

– Data Replication & Synchronisation

– Information Administration

– Information and Data Protection

– Metadata handling and synchronisation between nodes

– Operational Records handling, information archiving

– Information Interoperability


Information Management – Key Requirements

The core aspects that need to be considered for a distributed information management framework in the tactical environment are the following:

• Work with unpredictable connectivity and partitioning of the Tactical Internet

• Access to information when and where the user needs it, even when the TI is degraded

• Users can share information not just with other named users, but users in an area of interest, Conflict of Interest, or with those that have subscribed to a topic of interest

• Many users in the same appointed-role can access and share information

• Users can work standalone, apart from the network, but when re-connected can work collaboratively.

• Users should not have to re-enter information to be able to use it in another application

• Users can move from data terminal to data terminal or they can take the data terminal with them and connect it elsewhere on the network whilst still expecting the same data availability and services

• Users can access local information locally. A centralised service is not required to do the task at hand, when it requires only local information. As the distance in the network (i.e., logical scope) increases so will the timescale for the retrieval and distribution of information.


Information Management – Partnership Requirements

• General Dynamics UK has identified a breakdown of the Information Management Pan

System Function into a roadmap that aligns with other elements of the system.

• The roadmap has been mapped to an initial set of work packages that are expected to

be required as part of the system design and development of the IM PSF.

• General Dynamics UK is seeking supplier(s) with IM experience and capability to work

with General Dynamics UK in an Agile manner on the provision of the IM PSF.

• The work packages will evolve as the programme evolves and as the IM requirements

are clarified and further elaborated during each Programme Increment

• Timescales:

– RFQ issued July 2017

– Down-select August 2017

– Partnership to commence September 2017

– Design & Development – September 2017 to September 2019


Frequency Management

Michael George – Project Manager, Manage


Frequency/Spectrum Management Software

• The Frequency Management Application is required to perform manual and/or

algorithmic formulas to determine an appropriate Frequency Allotment for

radio nets whilst minimising RF interference.

• In addition, it provides the user with the ability to visualise the viability of RF

links and radio net coverage, and identify / de-conflict co-site interference

• Where available, frequency de-confliction will utilise information from other

systems including coalition systems, ECM systems, etc.

• The Frequency Management Application will be expected to integrate with the

rest of the System Management software

– Preferred option is for General Dynamics to procure an integrated Frequency/Spectrum

management solution that is architecturally compliant to the MORPHEUS architecture

– General Dynamics would provide the key software interfaces to make the software

architecturally compliant

Overview



The Frequency Management Application provides the user with the necessary tools to manage the deployment’s RF spectrum, including:

• Planning the locations of radios and/or net service areas

• Modelling the RF characteristics of radios and their ancillaries, as installed on platforms, the deployment laydown and terrain data and, taking account of both the temporal and geographic aspects of frequency use, determining the minimal spectral footprint required

• Using the minimal spectral footprint to send a Frequency Allotment Request to and receive a Frequency Allotment from the Joint Spectrum Agency

• Constrained by the received Frequency Allotment and any location restrictions, and taking into account other systems including ECM systems in order to optimise both co-site and far-site deconfliction:

• Supporting the manual assignment of frequencies to radio nets

• Automatically assigning frequencies to radio nets

• Specifying the EPM techniques, waveforms and frequencies to be employed by specific nets

• Performing co-site deconfliction for vehicle and man platforms, plus static/mobile HQ’s

• Sharing Friendly Forces Information Requirement data with other systems

• Identifying and reporting spectrum anomalies and inconsistencies in the System Plan

• Providing visualisations of the Deployment RF environment including Probability of Successful Operation and Rapid Path Profile Analysis

Detailed Brief



• July – Sept 2017: Assessment of potential suppliers including RFI responses

• Oct – Dec 2017: Down select to preferred suppliers

Timescales


General Dynamics UK

Richard Thomas – Head of Supply Chain

[email protected]

Supply Queries Mailbox

[email protected]

Supplier Portal

https://www.gdsupplier.uk/

EvO Supplier Contacts Who to speak to in General Dynamics UK regarding EvO Supply












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